Originally Posted by 2much
hehe, is the old fella still there? can still remember him dressing down a comander for walking across the edge of the parade ground towards the wardroom during a BCT parade
Scooter boy
hehe, is the old fella still there? can still remember him dressing down a comander for walking across the edge of the parade ground towards the wardroom during a BCT parade
pretending to give a fuck...
Haha, that sounds about right. He left about 5 years ago.
It's just one of those days, where you don't wanna wake up,
everything is fucked, everybody sucks,
You don't really know why but you wanna justify ripping someone's head off
Geriatric hoon
Mixed metaphore there:
"Cut lunch commandos"
"Weekend warriors"
I really did like the new version of SAS too :-)
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Kiwi back at home!
will read all the thread later but:
Serving in the RNZN at the mo
GLE (WE)
Kiwi back at home!
Get on to the recruiters and see if you can join halfway through your Uni, they pay for that etc and if you pass your monkey box and selection they may pay for you to finish uni before doing your IOTC and Wings etc
ps not likely to be true but has happened in the recent past
The metal is always nude.
Ah thanks, you're right, been a while since I was in there
I remember doing a weekend exercise in Arthurs Pass in the snow, getting helo inserted. It was like a scene from a 'Nam war movie, getting dropped in by Huey, jumping out and laying supressive fire while it flew away again....ah, I miss that part !!!!
"...you meet the weirdest people riding a Guzzi !!..."
Kiwi back at home!
fuckin aye that was brilliant, did it throught the Army cadets and got me a red badge!
Scooter boy
i want to join the army but im to chicken arrg
Forum whore
Why they are a bunch of pussies these days, fucken time out cards sheeesh is that for real ?i want to join the army but im to chicken arrg
Ive run out of fucks to give
Deus ex ukulele
In the days when the New Zealand Army had Regular Force Cadets, SLRs, M113s and M41 Walker Bulldogs, I spent some time learning the craft of Assault Trooper in the care of Queen Alexandra's Waikato/Wellington East Coast Squadron at Waiouru. Educational.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Scooter boy
well it will be better than what im doing now and everything is there for you and its cheap to live. i want to do an aprentiseship? spelling
Deus ex ukulele
A spelling apprenticeship? What a novel idea. If I could get Government funding, I'd be up for that. If it's good enough for Rongo Wetere...
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Scooter boy
who's that? im kinda lost on the subject now
Geriatric hoon
Love it!
As for Rongo, despite what you read in the press and see on TV the organisation is doing some good work. My main concern is that the Govt auditors have been all over them like a rash for years and have been missing major dramas.
Who audits the auditors?
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Hardcore Biker
4 yrs in British Army, Artillery. Rank of Lieutenant. 3 yrs in Germany, tour in Belfast. Highlights would have been when things went pop in Belfast, mess life and cheap alcohol. Low points would be the incredible arrogance and stuffiness of certain characters (nothing changed in over 100 yrs). All in all I would say it was the most powerful experience of my life so far.
Quality of training was pretty high from Sandhurst to Northern Ireland training, when you come in to civilian life you definitely take a step down or 3 in standards, the shame is most people don't recognise the quality of your background when it comes to civilian jobs etc. I always cringe when I hear employers talk of leadership and management etc, they learned it on a weekend corporate training course and have no idea at all. Bitter? Not me.
As I was leaving 10yrs ago I could see the writing on the wall for standards in the Army. Female soldiers serving alongside male, health and safety, double standards of female/male performance, political correctness, centralisation of regimental training, homosexuals and increase incidence of drug abuse. Soft, soft, soft.
Only thing that seemed to improve was the quality of the equipment.
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